MICRONOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Micronor mean? 

• MICRONOR (noun)
  The noun MICRONOR has 1 sense:

1. trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone

  Familiarity information: MICRONOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICRONOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Micronor" is a kind of...):

anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill (a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception)

Meronyms (substance of "Micronor"):

norethandrolone; norethindrone; norethindrone acetate; Norlutin (a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis)